Index What is Fuse? The Key Features of Fuse Three Analysis Modules Current Release: Version 3 Benefits of Fuse Customisation Demo Questions

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Fuse® ‐ The ‘One‐Stop Shop’
For Project Analytics
Project Controls Expo
09/10 Nov London 2011

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Speaker Profile
Amardeep Dua
Business Development Manager for OTC Optima
OTC Optima – a project management consultancy with many
years of experience implementing integrated project control
environments with EV and risk management at their core
Sole UK/European distributors for Fuse

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Acumen Fuse
Enterprise Project AnalysisEnterprise Project Analysis

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Index
What is Fuse?
The Key Features of Fuse
Three Analysis Modules
Current Release: Version 3
Benefits of Fuse
Customisation
Demo
Questions

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What is Fuse?
Fuse is a metric analysis and visualisation tool that assesses
quality of schedules, accuracy of cost forecasts, realism of
risk models, earned value and project performance
Fuse uses libraries of metrics to provide a unique insight into
how to improve project plans and execution strategies
What has typically taken schedulers and project managers
days to achieve is now easily and repeatedly done in minutes
Quickly pinpoint problematic areas and activities within a
project and let Fuse provide solutions for resolution

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The Key Features of Fuse
Project Analysis
Achieve well built and realistic plans. Determine
where project cost overruns and risk hot spots are
happening
Slice & Dice
Create groups of activities based on any attribute or code.
Apply metrics to specific groupings for targeted analysis &
insight
Trend evaluation
Pinpoint changes and variances between two or more
projects

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The Key Features of Fuse
Performance Tracking
Visualise project performances from start to finish.
Compare current project snapshots to past and future plans
Custom Reporting
Quickly generate Word, PDF or Excel based reports on
project quality or status

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Fuse Analysis
Three analysis modules in one tool:Three analysis modules in one tool:
Fuse includes over
250 schedule, cost,
risk, EV &
performance
metrics
Quickly check all logic links
within the project (or multiple
projects)
Compare multiple
schedules, or iterations of
the same schedule to
identify differences as
well as understand the
root cause of the delays

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Release: Fuse Version 3
Version 3.0 focuses on adding new features and functions based
on the direct requests from users
Run an analysis and not only report the errors, complexities and
flaws BUT you can also REMOVE them within Fuse
New features include:
Schedule Cleanser
Visualise Timeline
Logic Trace
Drill down analysis

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Benefits
Import multiple data platforms into one
workbook. Merge schedule with cost, risk and
EV

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Customisation
Edit any of Fuse’s standard metrics to meet your project criteria, or
create new metrics with the easy‐to‐use metric builder
Default metrics (250+) include:
Activity and project status
Work/resources allocation
Earned value surveillance
Baseline compliance analysis
DCMA 14 point/GAO
Cost Performance………
Customise the dashboard for quick
insight into project status and metric results

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Reporting
Publish analysis results to an Executive Briefing or detailed Analyst
Report
Fuse API ‐ generate custom reports or
publish to the Web, MS Sharepoint
or 3rd party applications

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Demo

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Questions
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